Mi Fu: Style and the Art of Calligraphy in Northern Song China

1997·New Haven and London

by Sturman, Peter Charles

New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997. Hardcover. VG/VG. Minimal edge wear to jacket, though front flap is somewhat crinkled. Owner's sticker on first flyleaf, otherwise clean and tight.. Berry paper over boards, silver lettering on spine. Purple and color-illustrated dust jacket. 276 pp. Approx 75 BW illustrations. "Mi Fu, one of the most celebrated figures in the history of Chinese art, was a prominent calligrapher in eleventh-century China. A member of the educated elite, or literati, he also contributed a great deal to discussions of theoretical issues of function and style in calligraphy, the primary means of graphic expression for the literati. In this book Peter Sturman examines Mi Fu's calligraphy within the framework of the artist's fascinating life, the Northern Song culture in which he lived, and the literati theory of art he helped to formulate." -- dj flaps. (Inventory #: 167969)

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